Western Powers oppose Russian plan on Germany
Paris AP reports the three western powers reject Andrei Vishinsky five point plan to restore four power control over Germany. Wean Aene son Robert Schuman and Ernest Bevin insist the clock must not be turned back, preserving the West German Republic and opposing four power dominance.
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Germany
West German
Paris
Wean Aeneson
Robert Schuman
France
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Andrei
Y. Vishinsky
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Kommandatura
Control Council
Ruhr
Poland
Denmark
Vishinsky
Twenty five words win forty nine thousand dollars in cash
Norwich Connecticut AP reports Mrs Raymond Thiel deputy to Mayor Richard Marks won forty nine thousand dollars in one dollar bills after a soap contest. An armored car delivered the prize and a photographer accompanied. The couple, married two months, will consider buying a house car and clothes. Internal Revenue collector John J. Fitzpatrick warns they should file estimates and pay part of the tax in advance. He estimates income tax near twenty two thousand dollars.
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Norwich
Conn
Raymond Thiel
Richard J. Marks
Thiel
Thiels
John J. Fitzpatrick
Internal Revenue
Connecticut
Fitzpatrick
Essay Winning Housewife Nets 4900 For 25 Word Essay
Marguerite Blair of Chillicothe Ohio, a 39 year old housewife, won second place in a national contest, collecting 4900 for a 25 word essay on why she likes a product. She plans to build a six room house with the prize money and lot already secured. Blair has a history of prize essays since grade school including a safety essay prize and a high school trip prize to Philadelphia for an essay on the meaning of the Declaration of Independence.
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Chillicothe
Marguerite Blair
Rail strike settlement proposed for Berlin workers
The German Reichsbahn, under Russian influence, proposes paying West Berlin strikers in marks to end a five day city rail shutdown. Pay plan includes four times value West marks for fares in western sectors. Kreikemayer says most strikers may return, excluding property offenders. 12,000 Western sector employees walked off, halting Berlin rail service.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Reichsbahn
Willy Kreikemayer
Raio
Kreikemayer
Coal contract parley begins in Bluefield with Southern groups
Southern coal operators opened talks with United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis to head off welfare and wage demands as contract negotiations proceed. The Southern Coal Producers Association pressed ahead without Virginia and Winding Gulf associations, which together run about 18 million tons of annual production.
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Bluefield
W. VA
Southern Coal Operators
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Virginia
Winding Gulf Associations
Canton Store Hit By Fire
A cigarette ignited discarded ticker tape started a blaze at a Canton sports shop building in Cleveland Ave. downtown. Seven fire companies fought the fire at 1:30 a m. Miss Jean Stoll, trapped on the second floor, was rescued by firefighters using a ladder. Damage was estimated at 20000 dollars. The ground floor housed a sports shop a night and camera store and a ladies apparel shop. Fire Captain Paul Quinn said about 40 night club patrons mocked the fire but left after stern orders. No injuries reported.
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Canton, O
Cleveland Ave
Jean Stoll
Paul Quinn
Union Official Shot Wounded in Detroit Home
Victor Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers was shot through a window by a stealthy gunman. Police linked the attack to a previous UAW leader assault, with Walter Reuther condemning terrorism and vowing to press on. A 12 gauge shotgun was found at the scene.
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Detroit
Victor Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Uaw-Cio
Reuther
Walter Reuther
Walter
Victor
America
UAW
Windsor
Ont
Canada
William D. Allen
Allen
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Executive Dies in Dayton Cerebral Hemorrhage
Marvin P. Pfeil, 55, president and general manager of the Osborn Register Company in Cincinnati, died here late Monday of a cerebral hemorrhage. He had worked as a consulting engineer in Dayton for 10 years before moving to Cincinnati seven years ago.
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Dayton, O
Marvin P. Pfeil
Osbornegister Company
Cincinnati
Dayton
DROWNING CLAIMS LIFE IN OHIO RIVER
Cincinnati AP reports 22 year old Carl Singleton of Camp Washington drowned in the Ohio River yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Carl Singleton
Camp Washington
Ohio River
Truman program largely filibustered in Congress
Buckmaster, ousted CIO Rubber Workers leader, seeks union support to contest removal and defend democracy. In Washington, Congress delays most of President Truman’s program to 1950, shelving civil rights farm subsidies health insurance tax hikes and social security expansion as primary campaigns loom.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
House
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
Powell
D-Ny
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Woman Clinging to Plymouth Hotel Ledge Rescued
In New York a woman identified as Mrs Evelyn Gates of New Hyde Park was seen clinging to a 14th floor ledge of the Plymouth Hotel. A passerby crowd watched as she lowered herself along the facade before a patrolman grabbed her wrists and hauled her to safety. She was taken to a hospital for observation.
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New York
Plymouth Hotel
Fevelyn Gates
New Hyde Park
Ohio House votes to abolish capital punishment
Ohio House approved a bold move to end capital punishment for the first time, 69 to 53, with 68 needed. The measure faces an uncertain Senate fate. The day also saw actions on toll road, workmen’s compensation, driver licenses, and non Communist oaths for public employees.
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Ohio
Senate
Columbus
House of Representatives
House
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Democrats
Air Force Vet Fatally Stabbed in East Cleveland
A 25 year old Army Air Force veteran Salvatore La Porta was stabbed to death in front of a East Side home during a struggle with a heavy set Negro woman. A cab driver witnessed the fight and police searched for the suspect described by La Porta. He had been released from Chillicothe Veterans Hospital recently after treatment for a mental disorder.
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Cleveland
Salvatore
la Porta
Frank Cimperio
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Intervention Declined In Death Penalty Case
Gov. Lausche refused to spare Frank Henry Millhouse 23 of Cleveland who faces the electric chair for the December 20 1947 holdup slaying of Yordan Randhoff at a Cleveland auto wash. A reprieve had been granted April 27 for review. accomplice Tony Wilson is in life term, while George Hightower remains at large.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Frank Henry Millhouse
Cleveland
Millhouse
Yordan Randhoff
Randoff
Lausche
Tony Wilson
George Hightower
Ford Strike Talks Advance Toward Resolution
Negotiators for Ford and the United Auto Workers resumed peace talks in Detroit on the 21st day of a speed-up strike61 affecting 106,000 workers. The union presented arbitration terms as a path to settle minor issues and end the dispute, with management agreeing to continue discussions after the offer.
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Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Roaring Battle Develops After Quiet Entrance
Nationals clash as fighting to escape leads to destruction of ammunition dumps. Heavy cannonading shakes the city as tensions erupt from a quiet entry.
Communists threaten Nationalists as Shanghai falls to Reds
In Shanghai red forces drive toward the city's core as Nationalists retreat toward Woosung. Fighting centers on bridges and streets with explosions at Kiangwan airfield and mortars smashing main routes. In Washington, U S housing and foreign aid programs face cuts amid an economy drive.
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Shanghai
Woosung
Kiangwan
Communism
Soochow’s Creek
City Road
Broadway Mansions
Soochow
Hankew
Indiana exile official Clarence Allum dies in New York plunge
Clarence B. Allum, 51, a retired lawyer and former Indiana state official, fell from the 14th floor of the Hotel Martinique in New York. A graduate of Indiana University, he was once mentioned as a Republican candidate for governor and served as inheritance tax administrator in Indiana.
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New York
Clarence B. Allum
Indiana
Martinique
Indiana University
Military Pay Measure Shelved By Drive Of Former GIs In House
The House sent back to committee a bill to raise military pay, led by former GI Sutton, shelving a proposal seen as favoring top officers. The measure promised boosts from three percent for lower enlisted to near fifty percent for generals and admirals, but critics argued for equitable raises.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
House
Appropriations Committee
Truman
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Cannon
D - Mo
Congress
Representative Sutton
Dtenn
Navy
Sutton
Redecorating Uncovers Box With Fourty Thousand In Valuables
Mrs. Lucille Schader of Chicago learned tenants at her Duquoin Illinois house found a hidden box beneath wallpaper during redecorating. The container held jewels, oil and rail stocks and government bonds worth about forty thousand dollars. The items were turned over to attorney Clarence Kimmel and are in escrow.
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Chicago
Lucille Schader
Duquoin
Rudy Schable
Mrs. Schader
Kimmel
Principal Dies at Midland School
Omar K. Ward 41 principal at Midland grade school collapsed and died yesterday afternoon as classes were dismissed. Dr E Dale ton Peelle said heart attack caused the death.
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Wilmington, D
Omar K. Ward
Midland
E Daleton Peelle
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Rubber Workers’ Executive Board
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Toronto
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Union
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Hoffman
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